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Re:Bill Gates Has an Idea for a History Class by parfe on Friday September 05, 2014 @04:13PM (#8276039)
>Education isn't a right. It is a choice.

That's a poorly thought out platitude. Plenty of rights are also choices such as the right to vote, to remain silent, to bear arms, to a trial by jury.

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Re:Bill Gates Has an Idea for a History Class by freedom123 on Friday September 05, 2014 @04:15PM (#8276044)
I just said its not a right. So to equate it to other rights doesn't make sense.
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Re:Bill Gates Has an Idea for a History Class by dllthomas on Friday September 05, 2014 @04:30PM (#8276126)
You said "Education isn't a right. It is a choice." By the pragmatics of English, this is reasonably interpreted as "Education isn't a right [because] it is a choice". Pointing out that other rights are choices refutes that. If it wasn't what you were trying to say, you should clarify.
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